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Sofitel Hotel Wine Days at the Sofitel Los Angeles are in progress while it is wine harvesting season in France, with special events running through the month of October directed by the Los Angeles Wine Association. Signature sampling flights of wine at Riviera 31 lounge bar, with platters of French cheese and crackers. and ...

Chase Valencia (above) is the Co-Owner and General Manager of LASA, a popup restaurant project housed inside Unit 120 in Chinatown of Los Angeles. His and other migrant stories will be aired on the doc-series, The Migrant Kitchen, a series in co-production with KCETLink, a national independent public media organization. Pr...

When I heard that Anarbagh in Beverly Hills is part of a chain, I thought, oh no, more of the same old stuff–how much chicken tikka masala can anyone eat? With such a location, flavors would probably be mellowed for people used to five-star dining but not to Indian food. Well, you can slap me […]...

(Gerry Furth-Sides) Pasta is the star of the Drago family restaurants. And there are as many of them as brothers, even more these days, serving classic Sicilian and other Italian regional dishes with a sure hand. The legendary oldest brother Celestino (pictured above at a charity event honoring him), inspired the Pasadena r...

I was thrilled to get an invitation to make pretzels with Hans Rockenwagner. Rockenwagner (above) is a superb teacher as well as a great baker, and he patiently coached the small group that gathered at his bakery cafe in Culver City. Following Rockenwagner’s example, we stretched already-prepared yeast dough into long, thi...

Taste of Mexico 2016,LA’s premier Mexican Food Culinary Festival, returned to the iconic LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes on Saturday, October 15th, 2016 to celebrate its 6th Annual Edition. Continuing to make history as the city’s staple event during Hispanic Heritage Month, Taste of Mexico treats guests to a curated selection ...

(Darien Morea and Gerry Furth-Sides)image above and below by Ralph Gentile Architects) ROKU, the newest member of the Sushi Roku family, is “a step higher than the others and blows you away as soon as you walk inside – it is so beautiful!” in the words of Darien Morea. The Asian resort feeling comes [&he...

Halloween isn’t the only holiday in October. The third Thursday of the month, October 20 this year, is a major festival in Mexico climaxed by preparation of a special dish, mole de caderas (above). The place to celebrate and to eat this mole is Tehuacán, Puebla. There, the October festival centers around the ritual slaugh...

What a beautiful place for a cooking class–a sunny garden at the foot of a hillside where thousands of ranunculus will bloom in the spring. This is the Kitchen Gardens at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. A popular venue for weddings, concerts and tours for children, the site now has an outdoor cooking school. The […]...